The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 5
He ran about the room, now here, now there, barking loudly; but Dorothy sat quite still on the floor and waited to see what would happen.
Er lief im Zimmer umher, bald hier, bald dort, und bellte laut; aber Dorothy saß ganz still auf dem Boden und wartete darauf, was geschehen würde.
Once Toto got too near the open trap door, and fell in; and at first the little girl thought she had lost him.
Einmal kam Toto der offenen Falltür zu nahe und fiel hinein; und zunächst dachte das kleine Mädchen, sie hätte ihn verloren.
But soon she saw one of his ears sticking up through the hole, for the strong pressure of the air was keeping him up so that he could not fall.
Aber bald sah sie eines seiner Ohren durch das Loch herausragen, denn der starke Luftdruck hielt ihn oben, sodass er nicht fallen konnte.
She crept to the hole, caught Toto by the ear, and dragged him into the room again, afterward closing the trap door so that no more accidents could happen.
Sie kroch zur Öffnung, packte Toto am Ohr und zog ihn wieder ins Zimmer, woraufhin sie die Falltür schloss, damit keine weiteren Unfälle passieren konnten.
Hour after hour passed away, and slowly Dorothy got over her fright; but she felt quite lonely, and the wind shrieked so loudly all about her that she nearly became deaf.
Stunde um Stunde verging, und langsam erholte sich Dorothy von ihrem Schrecken; aber sie fühlte sich sehr einsam, und der Wind heulte so laut um sie herum, dass sie fast taub wurde.
At first she had wondered if she would be dashed to pieces when the house fell again; but as the hours passed and nothing terrible happened, she stopped worrying and resolved to wait calmly and see what the future would bring.
Zunächst hatte sie sich gefragt, ob sie in Stücke gerissen werden würde, wenn das Haus wieder aufschlüge; aber als die Stunden vergingen und nichts Schreckliches geschah, hörte sie auf, sich zu sorgen, und beschloss, ruhig zu warten und zu sehen, was die Zukunft bringen würde.
At last she crawled over the swaying floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her.
Schließlich kroch sie über den schwankenden Boden zu ihrem Bett und legte sich darauf; und Toto folgte ihr und legte sich neben sie.
In spite of the swaying of the house and the wailing of the wind, Dorothy soon closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
Trotz des Schaukelns des Hauses und des Heulens des Windes schloss Dorothy bald die Augen und fiel in einen tiefen Schlaf.
Vocabulary
- lief
- Past tense of 'laufen'; ran or walked
- Zimmer
- A room inside a building
- umher
- Around or about in various directions
- bald
- Soon or in a short time
- bellte
- Past tense of 'bellen'; barked like a dog
- laut
- At high volume; loud or loudly
- saß
- Past tense of 'sitzen'; was seated
- ganz
- Completely or entirely; quite still
- still
- Without movement or noise; quiet, motionless
- Boden
- The floor or ground surface
- wartete
- Past tense of 'warten'; waited for something
- darauf
- On or for that; waiting for that
- geschehen
- To happen or occur; take place
- würde
- Subjunctive form of 'werden'; would happen
- Einmal
- On one occasion; once or one time
- kam
- Past tense of 'kommen'; came or approached
- offenen
- Adjective inflected form of 'offen'; open, unclosed
- Falltür
- A trapdoor set into a floor
- nahe
- Close or near in distance
- fiel
- Past tense of 'fallen'; fell down into
- hinein
- Directional particle meaning into something
- zunächst
- At first or initially; to begin with
- dachte
- Past tense of 'denken'; thought or believed
- Mädchen
- A female child; girl
- hätte
- Subjunctive past of 'haben'; would have had
- verloren
- Past participle of 'verlieren'; lost something
- sah
- Past tense of 'sehen'; saw or noticed
- Ohren
- Plural of 'Ohr'; ears
- durch
- Preposition meaning through or via
- Loch
- A hole or opening in a surface
- herausragen
- To stick out or protrude from something
- denn
- Conjunction or particle; because, for, since
- starke
- Inflected form of 'stark'; strong or powerful
- Luftdruck
- Air pressure exerted by moving air
- hielt
- Past tense of 'halten'; held or kept
- oben
- Above or at the top; up there
- sodass
- Conjunction meaning so that, resulting in
- fallen
- To drop or descend under gravity; fall
- konnte
- Past tense of 'können'; was able to
- kroch
- Past tense of 'kriechen'; crawled along surface
- Öffnung
- An opening, gap, or aperture
- packte
- Past tense of 'packen'; grabbed or seized firmly
- Ohr
- The ear; organ of hearing
- zog
- Past tense of 'ziehen'; pulled or dragged
- wieder
- Once more or again
- woraufhin
- Conjunction meaning whereupon or after which
- schloss
- Past tense of 'schließen'; closed or shut
- damit
- Conjunction or pronoun; so that, with it
- weiteren
- Inflected form of 'weitere'; further or additional
- Unfälle
- Plural of 'Unfall'; accidents or mishaps
- passieren
- To happen or occur; to pass by
- konnten
- Past plural of 'können'; were able to
- Stunde
- A period of sixty minutes; hour
- verging
- Past tense of 'vergehen'; passed or elapsed
- langsam
- At low speed; slowly
- erholte
- Past tense of 'erholen'; recovered from something
- Schrecken
- Fright or terror; a sudden shock
- fühlte
- Past tense of 'fühlen'; felt emotionally or physically
- einsam
- Feeling alone and isolated; lonely
- Wind
- Moving air current; wind
- heulte
- Past tense of 'heulen'; howled or wailed
- herum
- Around or about in all directions
- fast
- Nearly but not completely; almost
- taub
- Unable to hear; deaf
- wurde
- Past tense of 'werden'; became or was made
- Zunächst
- At first or to begin with
- gefragt
- Past participle of 'fragen'; asked or wondered
- ob
- Subordinating conjunction meaning whether or if
- Stücke
- Plural of 'Stück'; pieces or parts
- gerissen
- Past participle of 'reißen'; torn apart
- werden
- Auxiliary verb; to become or will be
- wenn
- Conditional or temporal conjunction; if, when
- Haus
- A building used as a dwelling; house
- aufschlüge
- Subjunctive of 'aufschlagen'; would crash or land
- Stunden
- Plural of 'Stunde'; hours of time
- vergingen
- Past plural of 'vergehen'; passed or went by
- nichts
- Indefinite pronoun meaning nothing at all
- Schreckliches
- Something terrible or dreadful happening
- geschah
- Past tense of 'geschehen'; happened or occurred
- hörte
- Past tense of 'hören'; heard or listened
- sorgen
- To worry about or care for something
- beschloss
- Past tense of 'beschließen'; decided or resolved
- ruhig
- Calm and quiet; without agitation
- warten
- To wait or stay in expectation
- Zukunft
- The time ahead; the future
- bringen
- To carry or deliver something; to bring
- Schließlich
- After a long time; finally or eventually
- schwankenden
- Inflected form of 'schwankend'; swaying or rocking
- Bett
- A piece of furniture for sleeping; bed
- legte
- Past tense of 'legen'; laid or placed down
- folgte
- Past tense of 'folgen'; followed after someone
- neben
- Preposition meaning beside or next to
- Trotz
- Preposition meaning despite or in spite of
- Schaukelns
- Genitive of 'Schaukeln'; the swinging or rocking
- Hauses
- Genitive of 'Haus'; of the house
- Heulens
- Genitive of 'Heulen'; the howling sound
- Windes
- Genitive of 'Wind'; of the wind
- Augen
- Plural of 'Auge'; eyes
- tiefen
- Inflected form of 'tief'; deep or profound
- Schlaf
- The state of rest during sleep
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